Halftime Music Report 2016
Albums graded:
Kanye West | The Life of Pablo A+
Allen Toussaint | American Tunes A-
Lucinda Williams | The Ghosts of Highway 20 A-
Jazz at Lincoln Center/Wynton Marsalis | The Abyssinian Mass A-
Margo Price | Midwest Farmer’s Daughter B+
Brennen Leigh | Brennen Leigh Sings Lefty Frizzell B+
Maxwell | Black Summers’ Night B+
Willie Nelson | Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin B+
Bonnie Raitt | Dig in Deep B+
Chance the Rapper | Coloring Book [Mixtape] B
Malawi Mouse Boys | Forever Is 4 You B
Aly Keïta | Kalo-Yele B
PJ Harvey | The Hope Six Demolition Project B
Sheer Mag | III [EP] B
Dierks Bentley | Black B
Gwen Stefani | This Is What the Truth Feels Like B
Zayn | Mind of Mine (Target Edition) B
Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool B
Animal Collective | Painting With B
Ariana Grande | Dangerous Woman (Deluxe Edition) B
Beyoncé | Lemonade B
K. Michelle | More Issues Than Vogue B
Fifth Harmony | 7/27
La Santa Cecilia | Buenaventura B
Kendrick Lamar | Untitled Unmastered. B
Alex Anwandter | Amiga B
Tindersticks | The Waiting Room B
Wussy | Forever Sounds B
Vic Mensa | There’s Alot Going On B
Young Thug | Slime Season 3 B
B.A.P | Carnival [EP] B
Weezer | Weezer B
French Montana | Wave Gods [Mixtape] B
BJ the Chicago Kid | In My Mind B
The Avalanches | Wildflower B
Bob Dylan | Fallen Angels B
Future: EVOL B
Espinoza Paz: Para Mí Ex B
Birds of Chicago: Real Midnight B
La Yegros | Magnetismo B
Sahra Halgan Trio | Faransiskiyo Somaliland B
Future | Purple Reign [Mixtape] B
Nick Jonas | Last Year Was Complicated (Target Deluxe Edition) B
The 1975 | I Like It When You Sleep, for Your Are So Beautiful… B
The Range | Potential B
Sister | Insane Love [EP] B
Chairlift | Moth B
Aphex Twin | Cheetah [EP] B
As Ondes | Marés B
Cyndi Lauper | Detour B-
Rihanna | ANTI (Deluxe Edition) B-
James Blake | The Colour in Anything B-
Tiffany | I Just Wanna Dance [EP] B-
Tegan & Sara | Love You to Death B-
Kevin Gates | Islah B-
J. Balvin | Energía B-
Ladies’ Code | Myst3ry [EP] B-
Case/Lang/Veirs | Case/Lang/Veirs B-
Bonnie Bishop | Ain’t Who I Was B-
Meek Mill | 4/4 Part 2 [EP] B-
Little Big Town | Wanderlust B-
David Bowie: Black Star B-
Keith Urban: Ripcord B-
Garbage | Strange Little Birds B-
Drake | Views B-
Tim Hecker | Love Streams B-
Perfume | Cosmic Explorer B-
Blood Orange | Freetown Sound B-
Winner | EXIT : E [EP] B-
Mamamoo | Melting B-
Teen Top | Red Point [EP] B-
Boys Republic: BR:evolution [EP] B-
Stellar | Sting [EP] B-
Bob Dylan | Melancholy Mood [EP] B-
Sturgill Simpson | A Sailor’s Guide to Earth B-
Charles Bradley | Changes B-
Red Velvet | The Velvet [EP] B-
Dawn Richard | Infrared [EP] B-
Charli XCX | Vroom Vroom [EP] B-
EXO | EX’ACT B-
The Strokes | Future Present Past [EP] B-
KING | We Are King C+
Hyomin | Sketch [EP] C+
DAY6 | Daydream [EP] C+
Luna | Free Somebody [EP] C
Gfriend | Snowflake [EP] C
Rainbow | Prism [EP] C
4Minute | Act. 7 [EP] C
Top Tracks:
- Kanye West | “Ultralight Beam”
- Fifth Harmony | “Work from Home”
- Rihanna | “Work”
- YG | “FDT”
- Desiigner | “Panda”
- Kanye West | “Famous”
- Usher | “Crash”
- Ariana Grande | “Be Alright”
- Drake | “One Dance”
- Margo Price | “Hands of Time”
- Kanye West | “30 Hours”
- Kanye West | “Highlights”
- Bonnie Raitt | “Shakin’ Shakin’ Shakes”
- Kanye West | “Waves”
- Drake | “Controlla”
- Lucinda Williams| “Ghosts of Highway 20”
- Kanye West | “FML”
- Sheer Mag | “Can’t Stop Fighting”
- Lucinda Williams | “Place in My Heart”
- Kanye West | “Real Friends”
- Kanye West | “No More Parties in L.A.”
- Rostam | “Gravity Don’t Pull Me”
- Kanye West | “Fade”
- PJ Harvey | “The Wheel”
- Young Thug | “Gangster Shit”
- Chance the Rapper | “No Problem”
- The 1975 | “UGH!”
- Ladies Code | “Galaxy”
- French Montana | “Lock Jaw”
- J Balvin | “Bobo”
- Case/Lang/Veirs | “Best Kept Secret”
- Sia | “Waving Goodbye”
- The Avalanches | “If I Was a Folkstar”
- Kanye West | “Father Stretch My Hands”
- Gwen Stefani | “Make Me Love You”
- Maxwell | “Lake by the Ocean”
- The 1975 | “Paris”
- Rihanna | “Higher”
- Future | “Purple Reign”
- Vic Mensa | “16 Shots”
- Cyndi Lauper | “You’re the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly”
- Willie Nelson | “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off”
- Wonder Girls | “Why So Lonely”
- Sia | “House on Fire”
- Bob Dylan | “That Old Black Magic”
- Allen Toussaint | “Southern Nights”
- Young Thug | “With Them”
- Chance the Rapper | “Summer Friends”
- Tegan & Sara | “Boyfriend”
- K. Michelle | “If It Ain’t Love”
- Ariana Grande | “Moonlight”
- Chairlift | “Crying in Public”
- Bonnie Raitt | “If You Need Somebody”
- Nick Jonas | “That’s What They All Say”
- Weezer | “L.A. Girlz”
- PJ Harvey | “The Community of Hope”
- Nick Jonas | “Testify”
- Mike Will Made-It & Rihanna | “Nothing’s Promised”
- Dierks Bentley | “What the Hell Did I Say”
- Sistar | “I Like That”
- Lil Yachty | “Good Day”
- Brennen Leigh | “Saginaw Michigan”
- Zayn | “Pillowtalk”
- Rihanna | “Needed Me”
- Dierks Bentley | “Black”
- Radiohead | “Present Tense”
- BJ the Chicago Kid | “Church”
- Fifth Harmony | “All in My Head”
- Hinds | “Warts”
- Lucinda Williams | “House of Earth”
- Wussy | “Dropping Houses”
- Winner | “Baby Baby”
- Tindersticks | “Help Yourself”
- Stellar | “Sting”
- Kanye West & friends | “Champions”
